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Indigenous Peoples
Electric Cars and Lithium Extraction Threaten to Drive Even More Climate Harm
Colonial policies of resource extraction are wreaking environmental havoc in poor countries that pollute the least.
Indian Boarding Schools Were Part of “Genocidal Process” Carried Out by the US
Historian and The Red Nation co-founder Nick Estes puts a new report on the deaths of Indigenous children in context.
Pipeline Company Targets Individual Tribal Members in Court Battle for Line 5
Enbridge's lawsuit takes an adversarial stance against members of the Bad River Ojibwe tribe.
Indigenous Abolitionists Are Organizing for Healing and Survival
“This really is a time of action,” says Indigenous organizer Morning Star Gali.
Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil
Deforestation of the Amazon, a major carbon sink, is a threat to Indigenous people and life everywhere.
O’ahu Organizers Are Defending the Earth Against US Militarism
We shut down this massive facility in four months, says activist Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua.
Mexican Forces Evict Indigenous Activists Who Took Over Water Bottling Plant
A coalition of Indigenous activists prevented the extraction of water by transforming the plant into a community space.
“We Want Them Alive”: Afro-Colombian Women Lead Search for Disappeared
In November, Abencio Caicedo and Édinson Valencia García set out on a community organizing trip. Now they're missing.
Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Condemn Violent Police Raid Against Pipeline Protest
Canadian police continued to arrest land defenders after a violent raid that ended a 56-day blockade of a drilling site.
Enough Colonial Pageantry. Let’s Rally Behind Criminalized Water Protectors.
Native people are still battling world-crushing forces.